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  <section id="clear-dir">
<h1>clear_dir<a class="headerlink" href="#clear-dir" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h1>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="gslab_make.modify_dir.clear_dir">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">clear_dir</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">dir_list</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gslab_make.modify_dir.clear_dir" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Clears all directories in list <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dir_list</span></code> using system command.
Safely clears symbolic links. Directories can be specified with the * shell pattern
(see <a class="reference external" href="https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/find_html/Shell-Pattern-Matching.html">here</a>).</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>To clear a directory means to remove all contents of a directory.
If the directory is nonexistent, the directory is created,
unless the directory is specified via shell pattern.</p>
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<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>dir_list</strong> (<em>str</em><em>, </em><em>list</em>) – Directory or list of directories to clear.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>None</p>
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<p class="rubric">Example</p>
<p>The following code clears directories <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dir1</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dir2</span></code>.</p>
<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">clear_dir</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="s1">&#39;dir1&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;dir2&#39;</span><span class="p">])</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>The following code clears directories beginning with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dir</span></code>.</p>
<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">clear_dir</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="s1">&#39;dir*&#39;</span><span class="p">])</span>
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